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Check out these 16 examples of mobile-friendly website designs to inspire your own mobile web design efforts.

16 of the Best Examples of Mobile-Friendly Website Design

Check out these 16 examples of mobile-friendly website designs to inspire your own mobile web design efforts.

Last corporate campaign "Designed by apple California".

This is a very cool way to show e-commerce and how some companies are making the connection with their customer.

This piece is from mediabistro and infographic from uberflip which takes a closer look at why mobile video might be the next big thing in the social media space.

The recent introduction of apps like Vine and Facebook's mobile video sharing shows that the social media landscape is broadening even further into video content.

Here are a few highlights from the souces used in this infograph (scroll down to the bottom and you'll find who they are)

**Mobile video will represent 66 percent of global mobile data traffic by 2017, up from 51 percent last year.

**87% of marketers in the US use video for content marketing

**Two of the biggest social networks aim to dominate the video sharing scene

*Facebook and mobile video

*Vine and Twitter

Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Mobile Marketing Strategy and Beyond"

See article and infographic here: [

¡La guerra del video ha comenzado! 

(From the article): "The coming year will see a massive increase in companies using social media services to market their goods and services, recognising the potential for sharing content and information and enhancing engagement with target audiences."

Here's why micro-moments matter and how to use them in social marketing.

"The full customer experience doesn’t start when people land on your site or start using your tool. It starts when they’re sitting on their couch, riding on the train, walking down the street, and they have an idea."

Interesting is the notion of crowdfunding as a new marketing channel

Mobile data optimization startup Onavo has been acquired by Facebook in a deal that beefs up its Internet.org initiative to promote universal Internet access worldwide, and gives the US company its first office in Israel.

This content powerfully points out the massive shift that has happened in marketing today.  Is your company adapting?

add your insight...

The purchase process is no longer linear, it is not even predictable. Chaos Theory, here we come...

Shomaging Artforum Magazine
Yesterday in what may be the first instance of "showmaging" I sat in Barnes and Noble and took pictures of articles in Artform Magazine. I love Artforum and used to buy it regularly, but I can't imagine such passive consumption now.

Now I want to be involved and if content isn't on my pad or laptop it doesn't exist. Yes I prefer books, but books are a bigger commitment. I will miss the oversized glossy presentation of Artforum, but I just can't be so quiet in my consumption of a timely piece of content such as a monthly magazine about art.

Here are tips I shared that could help print publishers survive the mobile revolution, and make no mistake the world of woe print publishers are in comes from those very SMART PHONES we carry:

* Put QR codes on your pages.

* Create platforms where WE can contribute OUR takes on your takes.

* Hold contests rewarding cool interpretations of your product in different media (web, video, mashups).

* Gamify your consumption so your customer’s takes on your published material is rewarded and prized.

* Think each page as the beginning of a DIGITAL conversation (ads tool.

* Don’t accept ads that are boring just because the pay well.

This article and infographic is based on research from Accenture - They have found striking differences between fast and slow-growing companies. Whether you're a global business or a national brand, there is something in here for everyone.

Please CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO ARTICLE: bit.ly/WsB6Vw

Here is what the report covers:

**Draws on research from four sources:

**a global consumer behavior survey (10,000 online consumers),

a **global executive survey (600 business executives),

**industry-growth leader analysis of the world's top 3,000 listed companies by market capitalization and macroeconomic analysis with Oxford Economics.

Here are a few highlights that caught my attention:

**See opportunity in consumer behavior change

**Consumer behavior-driven markets are expected to grow at three and a half times the rate of emerging economies and times the rate of developed economies between now and 2016

**One of the key insights that Accenture brings as a result of some of its latest research is,

**you have to look beyond the ‘who’ and the ‘where’ of what is
happening in consumer segments to really understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’

**looking at how consumer behaviour is changing and the pace and scale of that change can be even faster than the
growth rates in emerging markets.

Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business and Beyond"

Read article and see infograph [bit.ly/WsB6Vwhic]  

Accenture research shows that global businesses that capitalize on consumer behavior changes can achieve greater growth.

A growing opportunity 

By aggregating estimates of market size for industries and sectors associated with behavior change, the research indicates a growth opportunity of US$2.4 trillion over the four-year period from 2012 to 2016.

Here is my favorite section of this post:

The Smobile Web Social + mobile = "smobile." While there's no real insight in pointing out that both mobile and social are going to be big in 2013, I believe they're becoming co-dependent, and most businesses aren't ready for that.

A smobile Web means your customers, coworkers and colleagues expect their digital experiences will be optimized for mobile/social sharing and as a result spend less time tethered to a PC or television.The technology for this is evolving rapidly.

Social and mobile got a THING goin' on in 2013.

This piece from Trendwatching contains some very valuable information about the future of business and how you can stay relevant by staying informed.

Here are some of the highlights that caught my attention:

Mega-trend of transparency in 2013?

**Brands  must move from 'having nothing to hide' to pro-actively showing and proving they have nothing to hide.

**The perfect storm of consumers' ever-greater lust for NEWISM and niches, the expectation of (instantly!) getting jut the right product, ongoing eco-concerns and the desire for more interesting stories will all combine with the spread of new local manufacturing technologies such as:

  *3D-printing and make-on-demand, to trigger a resurgence in

    domestic manufacturing in established markets in 2013

Mobile Moments

**in 2013, consumers will look to their mobile devices to maximize absolutely every moment, multi-if-not-hypertasking their experiences, purchases and communications...

Eco Trend for 2013

**Rather than being discarded or even recycled (by someone else), these products can be given back to nature to grow something new, with all the eco-status and eco-stories

Selected by Jan Gordon covering: "Curation, Social Business and Beyond"

Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/Vkmo1j]

Knowing what's coming and what's happening is 80% of the battle - positioning yourself properly is the rest.

Les tendances consommation pour l'année 2013